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Please write letters to State Senator Kemp Hannon (R, Long Island, N.Y.)

asking him to support a Medicaid rate increase for HIV/AIDS Day Treatment

Programs. On Long Island we have only one Day Treatment Program for folks

living with

HIV/AIDS. It's located in Freeport (Nassau County), Long Island. The

program serves HIV+ folks from Nassau, Suffolk and Western Queens.

In early September a group of consumers, community activists and staff from

the Freeport Day Program plan to visit Senator Hannon to lobby his support. We

would like to deliver letters of support when we visit him. Can you take the

time to write one? Just a few lines will do.

Senator Kemp Hannon 1600 Stewart Avenue Westbury, N.Y. 11590

You can e-mail your letters to me at RMKuriloff

Thank You,

Maria Kuriloff

Facts:According to the Long Island Association for AIDS Care, over 3,893

cases have been diagnosed since 2000. This number is rising. We now have very

high numbers of HIV+ cases reported for women, young women (16 to 20) and

people over the age of 50.

HIV/AIDS programs statewide have lost government funding over the last

several years. HIV+ Day Programs receive $6.18 less per patient than similar

programs for the elderly in nursing homes

 

 

 

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